Improvement in supplementary seats for water-closets



L. H. SONDHEIM. SUPPLEMENTARY SEAT FOR WATERVOLOSETS.

No. 52,581. Patented Feb. 13. 1866.

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UNITED ST TES ,ATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS H. SONDHEIM, OF NEW YORK, .N. Y.

IMPROVEMENTIN SUPPLE M'ENTARYSEATS FORWATER-CLOSETS.

Specificationforming part of Letters Patent No. 52,581, dated February13, 1866; antcdated I l' ebrnary2, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEwIs H. SONDHEIM, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Supplementary Seat forWater-Closets; and L do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-Figure l. is an inverted plan or bottom view of my invention. Fig.2 is afront view of the same, showing its application to the seat of awater-closet. invention, showing the same when folded up. Fig. 4 is aninverted plan or bottom view of another form of my invention. Fig. 5 isa front view of the same, showing its application to the seat of awater-closet.

in hotels, public buildings, or large establishments where thewater-closet is for public or general use. and also sometimes inprivatodwellings, much embarrassment is often felt by finding the seats ina'condition not lit to be used; and the object of this invention is toprovide a reliable and portable supplementary seat, which maybeconveniently taken by the person intending to use the water-closet,and by him readily placed upon the seat thereof, its construction beingsuch that the person of the sitter is prevented from coming in contactwith the privy or water-closet seat.

My invention consists in the application to a seat or board, made tocorrespond in general appearance with a privy-seat, of cleats or pegs orsome equivalent means for raising the same from the privy-seat, so thatshould the privyseat be wet or filthy my supplementary seat shall notgetin like-condition; ,and it also con- 'sists in making the said seatin' two or more parts, connected together-by hinges or other means whichshall permit the seat to be folded up in a more portable condition.

To enable others to make and use my invention, 1 will proceed todescribe it.

A 13, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, represent two parts of a seat or board made tocorrespond in generalappearance with, the top of a water-closet seat.

O O are two cleats or strips of wood, which are secured one to each ofthe parts A B, as

Fig. 3 is also a front View of my represented clearly in Fig. 1. Thesecleats serve to keep the board or seat A B from coming in contactwiththe seat E of the watercloset, as shown in Fig. 2, and thus preventitsunder side from getting soiled, as would be the case should it come incontact with a seat which had been wet or made filthy in any way.

a a are two hinges, which 1 use to enable the seat A B to be folded upinto a more portable condition, as shown in Fig. 3.

1), Fig. 4, represents a modification of the preceding, or rathera seatmade without the hinges, which is to be applied to the seat E of thewater-closet, as represented in Fig. 5.

b b are two strips applied to the ends of the seat A B for conveniencein carrying it.

I do not intend in all cases to use cleats G U, as many other meansmight be resorted to to effect-the same mrpose-that of keeping the seatA, B, and D from coming in contact with the seatE of thewatcr-closet-as, forinstance, studs or pegs or the like, which wouldanswer the same purpose; and it will. be seen that other devices thanhinges might be used to enable the two parts A B to fold togetherl Theadvantages of this seat are apparent. Every one employed in a largebuilding where private privi'es are not provided may have one of mysupplementary seats, which is casil y carried and applied to the seat ofan ordinary water-closet, and with it he will never be emwherever hemaybe employed, in public or private dwellings.

What I- claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A supplementary seat for water-closets so constructed as to be foldedup,substantially as described.

I LEWIS H. SONDHEIM.

Witnesses:

M. M. LIVING$TON,- O. L. TOPLIFF.

